Pirate: I only come here for three things!

It's clear after the snow and the clouds have cleared.

The clear sky looked high and cheerful. The sun had just risen in the east, and the thin layer of ice on the snow that had been frozen during the night had not yet melted.

The ice strips hanging from the snow on the roof of Duanmu's house are like strings of twinkling crystal beads. The water accumulated in the ravines on the road has turned into ice, shining like many mirrors. This was a place where he rested during odd hours. It was not a good place. It was said that he just found a dead man's house and took care of it a little before letting him live in it.

The petty kappa said in a disgraceful manner as he was leaving: The deceased was on the bed where you, Duanmu, slept at night before he died, and you should get along well with him.

It’s really not a thing, Duanmu thought to himself. Because of his momentary gaffe, he actually chose this method to take revenge.

After sleeping all night and thinking for a long time, Duanmu finally made a decision while meditating in this place where no one disturbed him.

He calmly realized that when faced with this difficulty, he actually still had many choices. But so what.

He noticed that where he rested, there was a bamboo hat hanging on the wall. Since they said that the things in this room can be used at will, Duanmu was not polite and went directly to take off the hat.

It is said that Kozuki Oden dances funny dances every day, is this the same today?

His thoughts were wandering.

In Japanese history, there was also a guy who was famous for his dancing.

This man had just inherited the family, quelled the civil strife, and found the iron cannon, a weapon from the West that was enough to change the shape of war. Just when his hegemony was about to take off, news came that a powerful enemy was coming.

Therefore, all the plans and all the plots for the future were completely empty talk in the face of the suddenly powerful enemy. Seeing that the grand plan that failed to take a step was about to come to nothing, this man mobilized the only troops he had in hand and launched a decisive blow against the powerful enemy.

Before he went into battle, he also performed a funny dance himself, leaving behind a legend famous in Japanese history. This man was named Oda Nobunaga.

Obviously as long as he doesn't accept this mission, there is absolutely no need to come to this foreign country to work hard.

Obviously he was careful enough, but he was still easily recognized.

Too many coincidences, time and destiny.

"Fifty years in the human world." Duanmu muttered softly: "It's like a dream or an illusion, how can anyone live forever."

He came to the road and walked outside.

After receiving news from Denjiro yesterday to supplement the missing puzzle pieces in his mind, he realized that the current situation in Wano Country was more critical than he imagined.

Past life experience?

Now that I think about it, it was Duanmu who underestimated everyone in the world. There are only two kinds of people in this world, fools, and fools who think they are smart people. Unfortunately, Duanmu became the latter. Even though he had experienced setbacks one after another recently, he still didn't seem to learn much from them.

However, no matter what this time, there seems to be no better choice. The merchant alliance is placing a reward on him, and the local officials have put up their own wanted order. The forces behind him are as far away as the distant water, and they can't save him from the burning fire now. The entire preliminary preparation work was obviously only missing the last point, but it was almost ready to be declared a failure.

Even Fiona McGonagall, his theoretical ally, has now become a suspicious ally.

No, I shouldn't have chosen to get to know her in the first place. All subsequent plans collapsed because of this big-breasted and brainless woman.

She has been under surveillance. Although the entire Suzugo blockade was due to the recent sneak attack organized by the Shigetsuki family, it also trapped this woman in this bitter cold land and became a bargaining chip for the daimyo and the World Government.

He only focused on increasing the probability of success of his plan, but he left a ponytail for this purpose.

Now that things have come to this, it’s better to show your cards.

The clouds and mist suddenly disappeared, and the top of the house was covered with blue sky. There are a few small golden clouds floating. A ray of sunlight fell on the wild flowers in front of Duanmu like lightning. Immediately, a series of red mist appeared in the world.

Duanmu looked at the surrounding scenery while crossing the land of snow and soil.

Suddenly, he saw an old temple on the roadside ahead. This temple is not big and looks like it has experienced a long time of baptism. On the incense burner at the door are still some broken roots of yesterday's pilgrims. The red oil and ashes are mixed together, exuding the unique smell of sandalwood and sesame oil.

The temple just opened its doors, and a white-faced monk walked out.

"Donor, I've been waiting for a long time."

"It was wrong to rob you of your money in the snow a few days ago, but now I didn't expect to meet you again." The pistol on Duanmu's body at this time, and all the money had been looted.

"It's all fate. The donor is troubled right now. Why don't you come in and talk about it? Maybe I can help you clear up your confusion."

He was not annoyed and had no intention of pursuing it. This monk was exactly the one who robbed the ruined temple a few days ago. He was the fattest sheep in the whole country of Wano. He also gave him food and a place to stay warm. It can be said that he was one of the few high-quality customers in his career as a thief.

"Row."

Seeing the kind-faced monk pointing a stick at his head, Duanmu felt very bachelor. A few days ago, I asked others to perform the French military salute. This situation has changed, and now it is my turn to express my piety to the other party.

"Please come in." He was very good at playing with the stick. Although he was close to Duanmu in age and probably not over 20, he was really good at dancing with the stick in his hand. It looks like a lot of effort has been put into it.

"You're very good with the stick."

"After all, I'm lucky enough to have learned the most powerful stick technique in Wano." The monk took back his stick and led the way. He didn't seem ready to continue to embarrass Duanmu.

"Have you ever been married?"

The monk gave Duanmu a hard look.

There are 13 sects and 56 sects of monks in Wano, and each sect has somewhat different doctrines.

Regarding a certain monk who lived a good life in Japan and the monks in the south, in fact, compared with the domestic monks, the most impressive thing is that their monks can marry and have children, right?

However, in the evolution of Buddhism in Japan, before the Meiji period, the only one who recognized the practice of marrying a wife was Jodo Shinshu.

As for the so-called Pure Land Shinshu, from a doctrinal point of view, it advocates "reciting the name of the Buddha and other power's original vows." To explain, when you become a monk, you only need to call Amitabha, and you can do whatever you like, practice? nonexistent. The commandments are nothing at all.

The famous Yixiang Yikui in history was also created by them. The terminology is to fight a war and support a group of monks to dominate there. You can't even tell whether this group of monks are more like bandits, or whether the normal bandits are more like monks.

The reason why it has become common for monks to give birth to offspring in modern Japan is... Because Jodo Shinshu is very convenient, it gradually developed into the largest sect of Japanese Buddhism. (...The Japanese never disappoint when it comes to disappointing people.) And after the Meiji government encouraged (actually forced) monks to eat their wives and take care of themselves, Japanese monks were basically completely out of touch with the monks in Han culture.

But in Wano, the majority of monks here are still Han monks. At least this is the case for the school that the monk in front of me belongs to.

There is a screen wall in front of the temple door. On the screen wall are carved the figures of hundreds of ghosts baring their teeth and claws. They grinned and looked extremely ferocious.

The red-painted temple door is ajar. As soon as you enter, you will see the tall and big General Hengha on the left and right. The temple is just a small temple with a Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in the middle.

There was a large courtyard in the middle, and I had never passed there. Taking the deceptive path, the monk took the guest to the stone bench under the bodhi tree. There is no accumulation of snow from yesterday night, and there is no water stain on the stone bench.

"This is the good tea I picked yesterday."

"You are also lucky to have a sip."

The monk first scalded the tea set with tea, then poured the tea from there and filled two teacups.

"Mother-child pot?"

This is a Qianju prop and I won’t go into too much detail here.

"That's so much nonsense. Do you want to drink or not?" The monk sat on the opposite side minding his own business. Seeing this, Duanmu also sat on the other side.

"You are really good at playing with soap, Mr. Sun."

"Uh." Duanmu scratched his head and sat down.

"Monk, why did you appear in front of me today?"

"Hey, that's a good question. Why I came here really can't be explained in just one or two sentences."

"Do you know about the Time Fruit?"

"That fruit that Mrs. Kozuki Oden ate?"

"Let me tell you a basic concept first. The past is irreversible, but the future can be changed. Even if she eats the fruit that represents time, she cannot count the past. All she can change is the future."

"Even so, this is a fruit that is almost unforgivable, but in fact, there is a method here that can always achieve similar effects. He has many names, but I prefer to call him divination. .”

"Divination?"

"Divination" means observation, and "divination" means burning animal bones or turtle shells with fire. It means to use the small to understand the big, to see the small, and through the connection between the micro and the macro as the principle, using means and signs such as turtle shells, yarrow, copper coins, bamboo sticks, playing cards or astrology to infer the future good and bad fortune, and provide consultation services for clients. Methods to analyze problems and provide guidance.

In history, there is a book dedicated to the study of this knowledge, called Zhouyi.

"The effect that this method can achieve is somewhat similar to the future fruit. This kind of ability is unethical, so no matter how I calculate, the calculated results are not beneficial to me. As for me revealing the impact on myself, then... Let’s see what an impact it will have on the world.”

"And one day, I mastered this technique and wanted to calculate a future."

"What future?"

"I only have a vague understanding of the future of this world, and I almost died..."

Two months ago, he was barely revived. Before his body recovered, he decided that he had to go out for a walk. No matter how much trouble the next thing would bring to his practice, he should not do anything about it. And for that.

"In the end, what does the direction of this world have to do with me, a monk? So I shouldn't have come, but I came anyway, mainly for two reasons. The first is that if I don't come, this country of Wano Probably completely finished. And the second purpose is to give you one more choice."

"...You want me not to interfere in this turmoil in Wano Country?"

"No, this civil strife doesn't matter anymore. At least I have nothing to say to you. What I want to say to you is that I want you to give up a woman. As long as you give up, you will get what you have always wanted. The thing I’ve wanted most since.”

He spoke to Duanmu firmly, with a pitiful expression on his face.

"Okay, I'll give up on that unlucky thing right now. After all, he didn't save his Celestial Dragon wife, but left it to us unlucky guys to deal with. It's really unreasonable. I've long felt that something is wrong. Tell me, what are the people in this world government doing?" What on earth do people do?" Duanmu followed the monk's words.

But the monk did not continue Duanmu's words, but continued: "Human desires are actually diverse. Some people work half a hundred just for a house, some are trapped by love. Some people are willing to die for their ideals, and some The guy decided to spend his life healing his childhood.

There is nothing wrong with pursuing these things, but once a person is satisfied with one of them, he will pursue the next. So it's not that desires cannot be satisfied, but that there are so many things a person can choose from that people forget what they want most...

You have always wanted that thing, but when the time comes, will you give up everything you have for it?

The truth always responds to things, the truth always obtains nature, the truth always responds to things, and the nature is always calm. "

He pulled out a good sword, and a red fox mask. This is something Duanmu asked for from Oden's subordinates before, and now he has given it to him truthfully.

It's no coincidence that Duanmu came here. What he told Denjiro yesterday was completely fulfilled today.

But he had kept the pistol for a long time, and the other party seemed to have no intention of replacing it, but it didn't matter. Duanmu picked up what the monk offered and put the fox mask on his face.

Under the bamboo hat is a man wearing a fox mask. The fox mask only showed two eyes, with a fierce mouth. It was not a child's toy, but more like a sacrificial item in ancient times. This is what Duanmu carries today.

He didn't want to show his face, even in this foreign country, where no one would know him.

"There's nothing else to say, just stick to your heart." The monk clasped his hands together and silently recited the Dharma name.

"You don't feel right. What you just said is not a Buddhist allusion, is it? You are probably a fake monk."

He explained: "Confucianism, Buddhism and Buddhism are all from the same family, at least my school is like that. If I use the Qingjing Sutra, the Buddha would not blame me."

"You are indeed a weird person."

Duanmu looked at the guy in front of him, knowing that he was indeed different from ordinary people, and joked: "Master, you see, I haven't eaten yet, why don't you give me some?"

The monk responded with a smile.

"roll."